Sailing Backward

Olivia has had enough of paradise. The Bay Babe is hers, bequeathed by her father. The young woman sneaks out of the Hawaiian harbor bound for Alaska. It's a long trip to be tackled single-handed, but Olivia is determined to reach home on Kachemak Bay. She's been dreaming of going home for years.
Adrift in a lifeboat on the Gulf of Alaska, Don wonders if he'll live to see morning. Every rotten thing he's ever done haunts him as he bails. The white sails of an approaching yacht might mean survival. It's a lone woman skippering the boat.